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The cleaning of a semiautomatic shotgun must necessarily be more accurate and frequent than with a break-action shotgun, especially if you want a perfect cycling over time. It takes certainly longer, but it's not difficult if we know how to do that and if we have good products and simple tools – most of which are also available at home.

New for 2020: Due to the great interest, RWS has now extended the popular Short Rifle series with the following loads: .308 Win. Evo Green, .30-06 Evo Green and 8x57 IS Speed Tip Professional. This means that hunting ammunition with the slogan "full power from short barrels" is now available in even more widely used hunting calibers. Here you will find all available calibers and prices.

The Czech ammunition manufacturer Sellier & Bellot wants to make life easier for hunters with the new Hunter's App. Among other things, the Hunter's App is intended to assist in the organization and execution of driven hunts. Sellier & Bellot does not only offer all this to its customers, but all hunters can use it for free.

How to properly clean a break-action shotgun (both side-by-sides and over/unders) at home. Here are some useful tips, including products and minimal basic techniques to be sure of a job well done, right down to the finishing touches. 

An information paper forwarded on 3rd May 2020 by the Directorate-General for Environment's Expert Group on the Birds and Habitats Directives ("NADEG") to Member States’ delegation invites to “ensure a positive vote on the draft Commission Regulation.” AFEMS and IEACS, in close coordination with FACE and the EU network are now requiring a clarification.

It's part of the F.A.I.R. Classic series: the De Luxe model is a light over/under shotgun featuring pleasant lines. It's a light gun too: total weight ranges from 5.7 lb/2.6 kg for the 12-gauge model to 5 lb/2.3 kg for the smaller gauges - including the .410 bore showed here. This makes it the ideal gun even for walked-up hunts with pointing dogs.

A "tactical hunting gun" tested by all4hunters. For young hunters at the beginning of their hunter's life, there are plenty of affordable rifles on the market. One of them is the Savage 110 TAC Hunter bolt-action rifle in 6.5 Creedmoor. Is it worth the money?

What riflescope for what situation when hunting? Is there an affordable model that can do practically everything? Minox now offers such an all-rounder that impresses with its remarkable features. We have put the new MINOX 3-15x56 through its paces and tested it for you here on all4hunters.com See also our video.

The US company Bushnell proposes the Forge riflescopes series. Placed in the high-quality range, it's designed specifically for use in hunting. For the time being, the Forge range includes three models. We are describing them below.

New for 2020: RWS is expanding its Field Line with two additional loads. Both a new solid bullet and a fragmentation bullet will be available – depending on the intended use. In the development of these rimfire cartridges, lead elimination was a top priority. We take a first look at the new additions.

A series of exclusive and numbered over/unders with which the Fausti sisters wanted to give a different face to their luxury shotguns with a link to art and history. The series is called Brixian in homage to the Italian city of Brescia, and the model is the Vittoria Alata (“Winged Victory”).

SIG Sauer Electro-Optics adds a new super-zoom riflescope line to the Ballistic Data Xchange (BDX) family. Available in 3 zoom ranges – 5-30x56mm, 3-18x44mm, and 2-12x40mm – the new scopes feature SIG's  BDX 2.0 technology, together with the SmartBDX reticle technology with up to 95% light transition, KinETHIC Kinetic Energy Transfer Indicator for ethical shots on target, and LevelPlex, an …

Italy offers plenty hunting opportunities to satisfy the demands of hunters worldwide. There are healthy populations of deer, wild boar, chamois and game birds. all4hunters.com talks to Luca Benzi, a hunter from Northern Lombardy and gains an insight into hunting birds in the high altitude Italian Alps. 

The JPR-1 Kodiak from Unique Alpine visually strikes a balance between a traditional hunting repeater and a modern stock design. Technically, it incorporates the proven JPR-1 action. all4hunters.com thoroughly tested the performance of the .243 Winchester caliber version.

In the first part of our driven hunt report from South Africa we talked about the importance of hunting for the people there and the effects of Covid-19 on them. In this part, we look more at local driven hunts and the equipment required. In the report and in our video we show you the guns used by our team, the corresponding optics and the appropriate ammunition.

When we talk about high magnification scopes, we usually think of rather expensive and bulky devices. But the new Noblex NS 8-24x50 ED changes this tradition with a compact, lightweight and affordable product - a handy companion for hunting and sport. all4hunters.com has tested the spotting scope and we tell you what you can expect for 299 euro.